NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from the Saturday afternoon Cascadia Cup match against the Portland Timbers. Sounders let an easy 3 points slip away on the road, leaving them winless in Portland this year. Freddy Montero had a beautiful goal to open the scoring in this highly competitive derby match. Eddie Johnson was booked and now will miss next weeks big game against San Jose.

NWSB Editor and Writer Chris Anderson previews this week’s matchup between the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers. For the Sounders, this game means redemption and a shot to show Portland who the big brother in Northwest soccer is. For Portland, this game means an opportunity to jump out to a huge lead in the Cascadia standings and an opportunity to alleviate some of this painful, 2012 MLS campaign.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from the Saturday afternoon match against Chivas USA. The Sounders did something Saturday that they have rarely done in their history, come from behind on an early goal and win the game. Man of the Match Eddie Johnson headed home two goals as the Sounders beat the Goats 2-1.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from the Sunday afternoon match against FC Dallas. Sloppy defense was the order of the day for the Sounders. Steve Zakuani finally made it into the starting 11 and added an assist to the goal by Mauro Rosales. Michael Gspurning saved a point for Seattle.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Saturday match against Chivas USA. Wide open soccer at its best for this one. 8 goals scored, and there could’ve been 4 or 5 more! Freddy Montero was the Hat Trick Hero for the Sounders, surpassing Eddie Johnson as the teams new goal scoring leader.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Saturday match against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The atmosphere was electric, and the players on both sides of the ball want to win this as much as the fans want them to. Super sub Freddy Montero bailed out the Sounders with his game winning goal in the 64th minute. Eddie Johnson added one later.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Saturday nights match against the San Jose Earthquakes. With the top three resting for the firs hour plus, the Sounders relied on a different approach for this game. Sammy Ochoa was the lone striker, and nearly scored twice. New DP Christian Tiffert made his first start, and Steven Lenhart scored the game winner.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Sunday nights match against the Los Angeles Galaxy. After a very quick strike off the head of Eddie Johnson, the Sounders never looked back. With goals from Freddy Montero, Alex Caskey, and Andy Rose, the 4-0 win was the largest of the year in MLS play for the Sounders. Clean sheet for MIchael Gspurning as well.

Our man Josh Dougherty has his finger firmly on the pulse of the Seattle Sounders in the 2012 season of MLS soccer. This time out, Josh gives us his match preview of the matchup vs. L.A. Galaxy matchup. A difficult game to call. This will be a even match. Both teams have a lot to play for. They’re realistically competing for 3rd place in the west. Christian Tiffert will probably only be good for 30 minutes tonight

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Saturday nights match against the Colorado Rapids. After a very quick strike off the head of Eddie Johnson, the Sounders relinquished their lead just a minute and change later. Just over the hour mark Seattle regained the lead for good with a beautiful volley by Osvaldo Alonso. Michael Gspurning finally makes it back to the starting eleven.

Our man Josh Dougherty has his finger firmly on the pulse of the Seattle Sounders in the 2012 season of MLS soccer. Today Josh weighs in on the two newest Sounders. Mario Martinez & Christian Tiffert. Tiffert comes from the recently relegated Kaiserslautern FC in Germany. Questions about who would play on the left side of midfield arose immediately when Alvaro Fernandez was traded, the answer is Martinez on loan.

NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his special edition Love Em & Hate Em recap from Wednesday nights friendly against the one and only, champions of Europe, Chelsea. After going down quickly, the Sounders managed a way to creep back into the game with not one, but two goals from Freddy Montero. We couldn’t hold the draw though, going back down by two before halftime.